Table des matières

Part I. Before you start

• Why Do We Publish?
• Types of Publications
• Society Journals
• Commercial Journals
• Small Specialist Journals
• Internet Publishing and Internet-Based Publications
• On Predatory Journals
• Primary and Non-Primary Literature
• What Is “Peer-Review”?
• Non-Primary Publications
• Conference Proceedings
• Government and Institutional Reports
• Review Publications
• Reference Literature

• How to Decide Where to Send a Manuscript for Publication?

Part II. Writing the paper

• Why Is the Title Important?
• Developing an Effective Title
• Series Titles, Hanging Titles, Questions and Statements
• Syntax and Jargon
• When to Write the Title?
• Running Title

• What Does Co-Authorship Mean?
• The Corresponding Author’s Role

• Style
• When to Write?
• Research Highlights, Graphical Abstract
• Keywords

• Style
• When to Write?

• Study Site
• Study Organism
• Materials
• Sampling Methods and Measurements
• Evaluation Methods/Statistics
• Style
• When to Write this Section?

• Presenting Statistics
• Grammar and Style

• Style

• Appendices and Extra Detail

• Citation Conventions
• Style
• The Reference List

• Terminology
• General Rules of Scientific Graphs
• Principles
• Economy
• Integrity
• Clarity
• Allow for reduction
• Data should stand out
• Data visibility: symbols, overlap, axis interference
• Clutter
• Graph Types to Avoid
• Bar chart
• Pie chart
• Figures in papers vs. figures used in talks
• Colour
• Proportion, Scale and Appearance
• Photographs

• Example 1. The Graph that Need Not Exist
• Example 2. Small Effect, Big Effect: Misleading the Reader
• Example 3. The Chaotic Figure — Coding Can Stand in the Way of Understanding
• Example 4. Reducing Clutter
• Example 5. Complicated Coding Hinders Interpretation

• Citing, Paraphrasing, Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism
• Completed? Not Finished

Part III. Publishing the paper

• Should you deposit your MS in an open archive?

• Electronic Submission
• The Accompanying Letter
• Submitting by Mail

• Contact with the Editor During the Review Period

• No Changes
• Be Prompt
• Send Final Copies of Figures
• Data Access
• Sign Any Necessary Forms
• Make Sure Your Documents Are Readable
• Do Not Forget the Accompanying Letter

• The Technical Editing and Printing Process
• Proofreading
• How to Do the Proofreading

• Reprint Requests
• Archiving Your Paper on a Personal Website

• Writing the Review
• Read Papers, Not Abstracts